Two people from Roseville each face manslaughter charges after their 15-month-old girl fell from the balcony of their apartment and died earlier this summer.

The parents were each charged with two counts of second-degree manslaughter.

The criminal complaint says that a woman at the apartment on Lexington Avenue North called police around 2 p.m. on July 6 to report that the child had fallen.

Documents describe a balcony at least two floors above, with vertical metal bars with gaps between them. A sliding glass door leading to the balcony was partially open and there was a large tear in the screen. The fiancée of the woman who called police reported that the sliding door and screen had been broken for several months.

While authorities were providing aid to the girl, they noticed a second

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